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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AQUME FOUNDATION.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 14 October 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$353,531 changed to $396,381
Total expenses
$423,608 changed to $395,331
Grants paid
$67,777 changed to $39,500
Other revenue
-$50,120 changed to -$7,270
Total assets, end of year
-$67,531 changed to $20,579
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,107 changed to $4,605
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$70,638 changed to $15,974
Program services expenses
$268,485 changed to $201,947
Management and general expenses
$138,693 changed to $126,834
Fundraising expenses
$16,430 changed to $66,550
Program service expenses (Part III)
$268,485 changed to $201,947

Totals

Total revenue
$353,531
Total expenses
$423,608
Contributions and grants received
$403,651
Grants paid
$67,777
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$50,120
Total assets, end of year
-$67,531
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,107
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$70,638
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$268,485
Management and general expenses
$138,693
Fundraising expenses
$16,430
Program service expenses (Part III)
$268,485

Program services were 63.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $42,850

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $360,801

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $42,850

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $50,120

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$50,120 · excluded -$50,120

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $67,777 · program services $67,777

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $193,562 · program services $96,781 · management and general $96,781

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $19,701 · program services $19,701

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,140 · program services $12,333 · management and general $14,807

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $38,261 · program services $38,261

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20 · program services $20

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,367 · program services $1,367

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $16,430 · fundraising $16,430

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,795 · program services $3,795

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,345 · program services $5,345 · management and general $3,000

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,645 · program services $7,322 · management and general $7,323

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,016 · program services $5,008 · management and general $5,008

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,033 · program services $1,016 · management and general $1,017

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $999 · management and general $999

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $19,517 · program services $9,759 · management and general $9,758

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $25,641 · end of year -$70,077

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $2,546

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,717 · end of year $3,107

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,205 · end of year -$70,638

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,719

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AQUME Foundation centers economic justice and racial equity in philanthropy while integrating our core values of equity, financial investment, accountability and community transformation.

  • AQUME Foundations General Operations supports our general operating commitments.Operate in Excellence leadership cultivation,(a program that creates greater comfort for Black leaders operating at C-Suite levels to improve intrapersonal skills, and executive compentencies to professionally shift organizations from under-resourced operations into robust, thriving organizations with increased access to sustainable financial resources), our annual events: 5K Health is Wealth community event, Game Night and Community Free Skate for families to experience joy and build meaningful connections. Our Fiduciary program provides both Project-Specific and Comprehensive fiscal sponsorships that build the capacity of Black leaders leading charitable projects that strive for ecomonic and racial justice and meaningful community transformation. Project-Specific administrative support services are limited to services necessary for receiving and overseeing project sepecific funds, and

    Expenses $155,580

  • AQUME Foundations OUR JUSTICE grant fund leads with innovation and invests in our Black-led organizational missions and community projects that benefit Black people. OUR JUSTICE grant fund awarded ten $2,500 grants to eligible organizations during our 2024 funding cycle. Our community sponsorship of $2,500 distributed to five organizations with each organization receiving $500 directly supports Black leaders and grassroots projects commited to uplifting Black communities. These funds help strengthen local initiatives, foster leadership development, and provide vital resources that address community needs, celebrate Black culture, and advance equity-driven solutions. Our Gold Scholar program is based on our community trust-based philanthropy model, our merit-based program awards two Black students with $1,000 each to support non-traditional college expenses within the first year of college. Our annual scholarship program promotes equity and helps alleviate the

    Expenses $80,687 · Grants $67,777

  • AQUME Foundations Philanthropy Looks Like Me social enterprise program serves greater Grand Rapids area youth and guides a cohort of middle school and high school students through a ten-week program where student entrepreneurs learn how to build a business, generate revenue, and experience the philanthopic impact of collectively giving back to their communities in correlation with the quadruple bottom line of people, planet, profit, and purpose.

    Expenses $32,218

  • (cont pg2) AQUME Foundations Our Justicepressures of pre-semester college expenses by sending awarded funds directly to the student.

  • (cont pg2)AQUME Foundations General Operationsthe distribution of Project-Specific funds, whereas our Comprehensive fiscal sponsorship benefit from a suite of administrative services which include, but not limited to bill payments, vendor payments, monthly grant fund(s) expense tracking and grantee reporting, etc.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ciarra C Adkins

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $117,642
    From this org
    $117,642
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tonya Adkins-McKeever

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $75,920
    From this org
    $75,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jamie Ferrell

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Marcus A Jackson

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Bryndan P Arnold

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Chantal Pasag

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dangelo Bailey

    CONSULTANT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mario L Adkins

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Chris Jackson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Alvin Hills

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jamari Pickens

    CONSULTANT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
22 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511969349300001

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